Exodus 34:1
WHICH THOU BRAKEST] There is no reproach in these words. Moses is nowhere blamed for his righteous indignation. He was 'angry and sinned not.'... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH THOU BRAKEST] There is no reproach in these words. Moses is nowhere blamed for his righteous indignation. He was 'angry and sinned not.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT In token that the people are forgiven, God renews His covenant relation with them. The conditions are the same as before. The Decalogue is inscribed on two fresh tables, and the main provisions of the ceremonial law are repeated.... [ Continue Reading ]
KINDLE NO FIRE] an act involving work. This law is observed by pious Jews at the present day. They have fires in their houses on the sabbath, but they employ a gentile to light and tend them: see on Exodus 12:16. See on Exodus 19:12; Exodus 19:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
See on Exodus 33:19. On the name of The Lord see on Exodus 3:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'The Lord, the Lord, a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth': this is perhaps the highest utterance of revelation, and is frequently quoted by OT. writers: see e.g. Nehemiah 9:17; Psalms 86:15; Psalms 103:8; Psalms 145:8; Joel 2:13; Jon 4:2, also Nu... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT WILL BY NO MEANS CLEAR _the guilty_] i.e. will not allow the guilty to pass unpunished. The same words are rendered in Exodus 20:7; 'will not hold him guiltless,' and in Jeremiah 30:11; 'will not leave unpunished.' VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS] see on Exodus 20:5. 12-17. The warning ag... [ Continue Reading ]
IMAGES] RV 'pillars,' or 'Obelisks': see Exodus 24:4. GROVES] i.e. 'things graven', RV 'Asherim.' The Canaanitish shrine contained an altar, near which stood a stone pillar and an _Asherah_ (plur. _Asherim_). The latter was a wooden pole or stump of a tree planted in the ground: see Judges 6:26; 1 K... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSE NAME _is_ JEALOUS] on NAME, see on Exodus 3:13, and on Jealous, on Exodus 20:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHORING AFTER THEIR GODS] The covenant bond between Jehovah and Israel is frequently compared with a marriage (see e.g. Jeremiah 3:14; Hosea 2:19), and idolatry, which is unfaithfulness to Jehovah, is regarded as adultery, a view all the more natural seeing that idolatry and immorality so frequently... [ Continue Reading ]
EARING] i.e. ploughing. At these busy and critical seasons there would be a special temptation to work upon the sabbath day.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESIRE THY LAND, WHEN THOU SHALT GO UP] i.e. take advantage of your absence to despoil your homes. God will protect their property while they are worshipping Him. 28-35. Moses descends from the Mount with the new Tables.... [ Continue Reading ]
Similar fasts are recorded of Elijah (1 Kings 19:8) and of our Lord (Matthew 4:2): see on Exodus 2:21. HE WROTE] The subject is God: see Exodus 34:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIST NOT] knew not. SHONE WHILE HE TALKED WITH HIM] RV 'shone by reason of his speaking with him.' His face was lit up with a radiance which was the reflection of the divine glory, and served to attest the message he delivered to the people. Compare what is said of our Lord at His Transfiguration (M... [ Continue Reading ]
_Till_ MOSES HAD DONE SPEAKING WITH THEM] RV 'when Moses had done speaking with them.' Moses usually wore the veil, only putting it off when he entered the presence of God or spoke to the people. An interesting reminiscence of this is said to be seen in the Jewish synagogue, where the priest, in pro... [ Continue Reading ]